Question

A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, “Come, I will show you hell.” They entered a room ___1___ a group of people sat around a huge pot of meat. Everyone was skinny, desperate and starving. Each ___2___ (hold) a spoon that could reach the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer ___3___ their own arms ___4___ it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.
“Come, now I will show you ___5___.” The Lord said after a while. They entered another room, similar __6___ the first—the pot of meat, the group of people, the same long-handle spoons. ___7___ there everyone was happy, healthy and satisfied.
“I don’t understand,” said the man. “___8___ are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the ___9___?” The Lord smiled. “Ah, it is simple,” he said. “Here they have learned to feed each ___10___.”

Answer 1

1. where。
2. held。
3. than。
4. that。
5．heaven
6. to。
7. But。
8．Why。
9. same。
10. other。

1. where。空格后为一个定语从句，用以修饰名词room；由于先行词表地点，故用where来引导定语从句。
2. held。根据上下文可知，此句应用一般过去时。
3. than。根据其前的longer可知，其后应填空than。
4. that。此处的that与前面的so构成so…that…句式。
5. heaven。根据第一句A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell可知，前面看过了hell，所以现在要去看heaven。
6. to。similar to为英语惯用搭配，意为“与……相似”。
7. But。前后意思转折，故用but。
8. Why。询问原因，故用why。
9. same。根据上下文可知，此处填same，与前面出现的similar呼应。
10. other。与each构成搭配，feed each other 意为“彼此喂食”。